Stripes and strips
Posted: November 14, 2023 Filed under: Christmas background, Dies, Hand drawn, Hand lettered, My Favorite Things, Penny Black, starry night | Tags: collage, My Favorite Things, Penny Black creative dies 8 Comments
If you have scraps of patterned or solid coloured paper today’s post is for you. I made a panel of striped cardstock by cutting thin strips of patterned paper and gluing them to a piece of light cardstock. From my homemade ‘striped cardstock’ I cut a hand drawn tree, a hand drawn bird and some simple triangle trees. You could use dies for all the elements I was just playing with ideas and decided to sketch and cut myself.
I used an embossed snowflake background for the card at the top of the page, a stamped kraft background for the tree above and then plain kraft for the bird. The little stars that decorate each card I did not hand cut of course! They are cut with the PB ‘starry night die’ and applied with the help of one of those sticky ended tools. Little embellishments have a high fiddliness factor which I don’t appreciate but these tiny stars were necessary!
I added outlines to both the bird and the tree with white or black gel pen along with some dots and a handwritten sentiment.
Cutting my own shapes was fun and put some of the many paper scraps to good use!
Heather Telford 
What a brilliant idea and such a good way to use those little strips of leftover paper! I love your hand drawn images! So fun!
You have inspired me to give this a go Heather. I have some different coloured plain glittery washi tapes which have been in my drawer for far too long and not been used so may well give this idea a try. Your results are so individual and well thought out, and I love the papers and the trees and the sweet bird as ways of using up those bits and pieces. x
How very clever, Ms. Heather! I attempted this technique once before and it ended up looking like the work of a first grader with more than grape juice in their thermos.
Now I can attack those paper scraps with borrowed finesse. Many thanks yet again!
so pretty! I always love ways to use up scraps that I can’t bear to part with!
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Love this idea and how cool they look! You sure do have some fun scraps to work with and love that bird and trees! I’d love to try something like this. Thanks for the inspiration.
Three fabulous cards made with your own striped patterned paper. I especially love the mix of papers you’ve used and how they look with the kraft bases. xx
These are fantastic – such an inspired idea!